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A community consultation will take place on the future of the popular East Kilbride beauty spot Langlands Moss.

South Lanarkshire Council’s Countryside and Greenspace team are working in partnership with the Friends of Langlands Moss (FOLM) – who manage it – to restore a raised bog as part of Scottish Natural Heritage’s Peatland Action programme.

Langlands Moss is an important and rare habitat due to this.

Raised bogs are peatlands, the oldest of which date back to the last Ice Age.

A presentation into the next phase of the conservation management project at the nature reserve will be held at East Kilbride Central Library on August 27 at 10.30am to 4pm.

It is part of an overall review into how Langlands Moss is used, with possible cash windfalls part of wider plans which would boost not only the area itself but East Kilbride as a whole.

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A spokesman for South Lanarkshire Council said: “The consultation event and evening walk will give people a chance to find out more about proposals for protecting, enhancing and extending Langlands Moss Local Nature Reserve and restoring a wider area around existing site to its natural state.

“Conifer trees from the 1960’s forestry plantation have reached maturity and are ready for removal, there will be further information on how this will allow this area to return to its native state and act as a natural buffer zone that will protect and support Langlands Moss.

“There will also be further information on how we intend to use funding from the Scottish Natural Heritage Peatland Action Fund to support the natural function of the bog and its surrounding area.”

The much-loved recreation area and nature haven was devastated with two major fires – started deliberately – in two years which destroyed the boardwalk.